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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. New gains in learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education